A problem in probability (letter to the editor)

Selvin, S. (1975). A problem in probability (letter to the editor). The American Statistician, 29(1), 67-71.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1975

Volume

29

Issue

1

Pages

67-71

DOI

10.1080/00031305.1975.10479121

DOI registrant

Taylor & Francis

Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.1975.10479121

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

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• Monty Hall problem
  • The Monty Hall problem is a probability puzzle, originating with Selvin (1975, American Statistician) and given its popular form by Marilyn vos Savant in Parade magazine (1990), in which a contestant faces three closed doors, one concealing a prize and two concealing goats, picks one door, and is then shown a goat behind one of the other two doors by a host who knows the prize location and always reveals a goat

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